Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) Releases Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) issued an update on its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 0.570-0.630 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 0.640. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.9 billion-$2.0 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.9 billion. Vertiv also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 3.500-3.600 EPS.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

VRT has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Fox Advisors assumed coverage on Vertiv in a report on Monday, January 6th. They issued an “equal weight” rating for the company. The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their price target on shares of Vertiv from $126.00 to $140.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 19th. UBS Group initiated coverage on Vertiv in a report on Wednesday, November 13th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $155.00 price objective on the stock. Melius downgraded Vertiv from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $125.00 price target for the company. in a report on Tuesday, January 28th. Finally, Oppenheimer upped their price objective on shares of Vertiv from $121.00 to $131.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 19th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eleven have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $139.36.

Vertiv Trading Down 9.2 %

Shares of NYSE VRT traded down $11.39 on Wednesday, reaching $111.87. 7,552,907 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 9,760,169. The company has a 50 day moving average of $124.27 and a 200 day moving average of $108.09. The company has a current ratio of 1.38, a quick ratio of 1.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.60. Vertiv has a fifty-two week low of $55.00 and a fifty-two week high of $155.84. The stock has a market capitalization of $41.99 billion, a PE ratio of 74.63, a P/E/G ratio of 0.94 and a beta of 1.64.

Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 12th. The company reported $0.99 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.84 by $0.15. Vertiv had a return on equity of 55.33% and a net margin of 7.72%. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.56 EPS. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Vertiv will post 2.7 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Vertiv Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, December 19th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 3rd were given a $0.0375 dividend. This is an increase from Vertiv’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.03. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 3rd. This represents a $0.15 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.13%. Vertiv’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 6.67%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, EVP Stephen Liang sold 86,619 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, November 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $131.07, for a total value of $11,353,152.33. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 19,551 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,562,549.57. The trade was a 81.59 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, Director Jakki L. Haussler sold 15,347 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, November 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $137.38, for a total transaction of $2,108,370.86. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 3,425 shares in the company, valued at $470,526.50. This trade represents a 81.75 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 171,527 shares of company stock valued at $23,105,682 in the last quarter. Company insiders own 5.01% of the company’s stock.

Vertiv Company Profile

Vertiv Holdings Co, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and services critical digital infrastructure technologies and life cycle services for data centers, communication networks, and commercial and industrial environments in the Americas, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.